What Happened to Sauron After the Ring Was Destroyed? LOTR Lore

Have you ever wondered what fate befell Sauron's spirit once the ring was destroyed?

Sauron was no mere mortal; his essence was blessed with an immortality that could never be fully eliminated. Yet, he poured the very essence of his being, into the One Ring, which would ultimately spell his doom.

But what of the fragments of Sauron’s spirit, the remnants of his power? Does the spirit of Sauron linger, a shadowy wraith, lying in wait until the forces of darkness rise once more? Or has the Dark Lord's era truly concluded, banished to oblivion for all eternity?

00:00 INTRO
03:12 TAKING PHYSICAL FORM
14:30 THE FORGING OF THE RING
17:21 TWICE DESTROYED, YET UNDEFEATED
25:26 SAURON RETURNS
30:33 THE GHOST OF SAURON

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[kippesnikkel]

5 years from now in cinema: "Somehow.. Sauron returned"

[tomardans]

He drifted off into the East, and now does cold calls selling solar panels

[Cmdtheartist]

Morgoth (chopped up and drifting in the Endless Void): "Okay, okay, don't panic, Morgy, Sauron knows the plan, we talked about it, he's gonna do the ring thing, he's gonna take over, he's gonna fish me out of this place-"
Sauron (bodiless) " Hey."
Morgoth:

[jonnobloggs]

There is a little piece of Sauron in every parking meter warden.

[vdimasteremeritus]

Tolkien wrote he was maimed and became a “spirit of malice” that would gnaw at itself in the dark, but never again could he recover or take shape.

[eruiluvatar]

Those artworks, the constant deep dark ambient melody in the background,
the narration puts you into the story as if you are a part of it.
Massive.
Well done.

[wesleyfilms]

I couldn’t imagine a worse fate than being a shrivelled husk, forced to watch the world pass you by, forever.

[AdonanS]

Holy shit, I'm starting to see why fans like this stuff so much.

[jimmydasani]

What i found fascinating and also kinda sad and a bit terrifying in the book was when Saruman is killed by Grima. In the book the hobbits see his spirit exit the lifeless body in the form of almost a cloud of dust and begin looking towards the west (valinor) but a gust a wind blows in from that direction and sends the spirit off eastward essentially banishing him from ever returning to the west. Its interesting to me because it almost seems that his spirit was looking for forgiveness or passage but because of his pure bitterness and failure to uphold his task as a member of the Istari he was ultimately banished from Valinor by the Ainur or maybe by Eru himself

[gh-ikjp]

Sauron would be happy with the way things are going today.

[pavelslama]

A good ending for Sauron would be to lose his malice and his will to dominate all life, as he poured that into the ring and it would be destroyed together with the ring. This would make Sauron probably still vengeful for some time, but he would find himself unable to focus on his old character traits and would have to get used to the existence without them.

[literalsarcasm]

I love that this feels like a documentary made in universe.

[giftedmonster]

For his eternal penance, he was sent back to relive the Rings of Power timeline

[TheLondekZdroj]

I forgot for a second that Sauron is a fictional character and felt his dark presence. Excellent storytelling!

[datemasamune]

He holds a podcast, complaining that he lost the war, due to mismanagement from some of his orcs, and blames the Witch King for being vague with the prophecy. He would lose subscribers, when a leaked audio clip was revealed of him making inappropriate comments to an elf who was only 99 at the time. Things didn't get better when Gandalf and Galadriel decided to do a video call with him on Twitch, to discuss this. He would constantly dodge the questions, and say that it's just the haters trying to ruin his reputation. His Patreon is still up, but it isn't as large as it used to be during the War of the Ring.

Some centuries later, the Witch King would upload video exposing Sauron for being miserable to work with and for a number of scummy practices. One of the most shocking being that one of the Nazgul would often make sexual remarks towards elves who were under a 100 years old. The Witch King said Sauron knew, but did nothing about it, especially in a space where they often took elves to be turned into orcs. Several Uruk Hai would further contact the Witch King, revealing that they were extremely uncomfortable with this Nazgul present, when they were still elves and not yet twisted by Morgul's black magic. Golum tried to defend he Sauron, but would later admit that the One Ring's effects on him were a form of grooming.

[Bretlklansk]

He is hanging out with his old master Melkor, testing each other with riddles, to see who gets to go hunt for the ‘Imperishable Flame 🔥’ of Illuvatar

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Man.. you've put this whole franchise into a beautiful perspective for me. Because at the end of the trilogy, the only thing I wondered was: "what happened to Sauron after all this?"

[ChrisBrengel]

Sauron is still around. He cannot affect the physical world in any way so he does not even have the power of a poltergeist. However, he can talk to all living things and encourage their existing malice. Unseen, he is having great effect on many people around the world right now.

[georgeblair]

Sauron was confined to a room, and forced to watch Rings of Power on repeat.

[darthvectivus]

This video immediately enthralled me just wow this channel never fails to impress, all the love and admiration of the Valar